"If I'd known some of you would take vacations before returning, I might not have waited for you. Next time, fill out the paperwork first." It had taken all of Billy's willpower to hold off getting his loot from the Gopher War. Suzette had mentioned to Layla that waiting for the dead people to re...
2023-07-07 21:34:33 +0000 UTC View Post230? You didn't miss anything. A huge chapter got split in two, and I forgot to update numbers, resulting in two chapter 224s. I adjusted the numbers up one to fix the problem. 228 became 229 and now you get 230.
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Rogarth wondered how much the approaching p...
This is prep work for something down the line. Too much work right now keeping up with the two stories, but I want to have a place to organize some thoughts when something odd bounces out of my head. I'm not sure when I'll get to more parts of this. It will be a stub on RR with just the first cha...
2023-07-04 21:38:31 +0000 UTC View PostAn odd day or two. I and the family all have light cases of Covid, and I'm sleeping a lot. Like 16 hours a day. But my normal days off are Sun/Mon. Then today I have off, and next Thur. I'm skipping Wed since I might still be contagious. So I get to sleep a ton, cook chili, and write when I can p...
2023-07-04 17:49:43 +0000 UTC View PostInstead of dodging, Milo sprinted at the first lurker emerging from the ground and leaped high. He bounced off its head, leaped at the next one, and then was behind them both and running. "Keep a look at Georgie and warn me if they're getting close."
Rather than skirt around the broken wa...
Waking up for the second time in his camp on the top of the tower, Milo made his plans for the day while he heated water for tea and chewed on some slightly stale bread with a thin slice of cheddar. He still had some snail meat stored away that he gave to his watch lizard. Georgie had worked a do...
2023-07-03 00:38:23 +0000 UTC View PostMilo pushed aside his anxieties about dealing with Belinda to the back of his mind. There was no use worrying about things until they next talked, and he had to focus hard to erase the shame of dying in a sewer trap. He was mostly successful, beating her five out of seven games, despite Minerva i...
2023-07-02 02:43:47 +0000 UTC View PostMyrna hopped down to the front of the wagon. "Follow this street for half a mile until we get to a statue of silly human riding a wolf. Look for two buildings with green roofs and go down the alley between them. Then take third left turn after first right turn. Find the big building that looks li...
2023-06-29 23:39:02 +0000 UTC View PostFrom inside the burning building came screams of rage and pain. The assembled butchers and apprentices backed away from the heat. Ozzy strode toward the closed doors, preparing to break in, when one of them pushed open, and a man with his clothes on fire staggered out. Stavros was badly burned an...
2023-06-29 23:26:59 +0000 UTC View PostMilo was playing a game of DeathRace2020 with Belinda. The two of them were racing ramshackle vehicles through a plague-zombie-infested city where the inhabitants huddled inside their homes. Milo ran over an open sewer hole in the middle of the road, and a large clawed hand reached up and ripped ...
2023-06-27 02:42:37 +0000 UTC View PostOzzy raced out the door, trailing smoke and fire in his wake. Several people got large flagons of beer and followed behind his obvious trail. Something interesting was going to happen, and they were curious.
"Did you get a good look at those axes? I've seen Orc Warlords with smaller cleavers."...
Ozzy looked around quickly. He didn't see people who were angry or threatening. What he saw were people who were interested in seeing what was going to happen next. He needed to delay, at least until he got to his pie. Doris had just come out of the kitchen, humming some tune he didn't recognize....
2023-06-26 04:24:43 +0000 UTC View PostOzzy had never realized how loud a kobold could snore. As he pulled his wagon through the streets of Wolfsburg, Myrna was wrapped up in a blanket in the wagon bed, using a pile of coins for a pillow. Ozzy wondered how closely related kobolds were to dragons. His mentor in grilling had been deligh...
2023-06-25 23:18:27 +0000 UTC View PostLike all the chapters of this story, I make no guarantees any of it ever enters the main story.
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Three brave heroes made their way into the haunted city o...
2023-06-23 00:58:12 +0000 UTC View PostAs the sun came up over Wolfsburg, the last of those celebrating the Emperor's Birthday took it as a sign that the party was over. Most went home to bed, and a few went off to have breakfast. The city guard helped the people asleep in the streets find a comfortable spot, safe from being run over ...
2023-06-22 20:31:39 +0000 UTC View PostExciting news! My books are going to be published by Aethonbooks, who work with the authors of great books like Vanqueur the Dragon, Primal Hunter, He Who Fights Monsters, and Defiance of the Fall. They will be putting my books out on Kindle, KU, and Audiobook.
To be honest, I was amazed w...
The high-velocity train that connected New York to Paris was expensive but an essential expense for some people. Especially people who bored easily and to whom boredom was a form of torture. Nina hated the trains more than any of them. Anything that confined her movement felt like a cage, and she...
2023-06-22 00:28:26 +0000 UTC View PostFinishing up vacation and swapping back to a full-sized computer soon for editing. But here is today's chapters that got done while it rained on us. Quite Raw, and no need to point out the many errors. Editing later this week.
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Climbing out of the hole, Milo foun...
It was peaceful at the top of the tower. Milo had eaten and rested, and now his mana was back to nearly full. Casting spells from scratch took much more mana than normal spells; the ancient runes, in particular, seemed to pull deep on his resources. The trade-off was versatility and raw power. Ot...
2023-06-20 00:10:29 +0000 UTC View PostI got some sleep, and a story popped out of my head. Putting it up here before I head to the beach. I'm unsure of my wifi there. No need to point out errors, this needs a complete proof reading.
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It was snowing in Takayama. The thin, white laye...
Going to the NJ shore for a few days. I think I have wifi down there to connect to Royal Road and Patreon. If so, nothing changes, except I get more time to write while watching the ocean. If not, I'll just be writing in Word and uploading it all at the end of the week.
2023-06-17 14:41:16 +0000 UTC View Post"Push! Fat Fingers! Push!" Myrna shouted excitedly as she cooked sausages and hot peppers; the heat from her grill charred parts of the wagon and forced hungry customers to step back. She slapped another six sausage and pepper sandwiches together, and a brave soldier rushed forward, grabbed them,...
2023-06-17 04:14:06 +0000 UTC View PostWent to work, came home stressed. Fell asleep. Family woke me up to feed me a Rib-eye steak and a salad. Played with puppy, went to bed. Work at 4am, and at a friends suggestion, watched Deadwood. I love westerns. Slept. Work up on my day off and a couple of Milo stories were in my head. I ma...
2023-06-15 18:26:39 +0000 UTC View PostApologies, things happened this weekend that resulted in a huge amount of stress and an itty bitty amount of sleep. Simply could not write a single word today with what is going on, so I'm going to bed early and starting over in the morning.
I have the next BOG story ready to edit a...
While official Imperial paperwork could take months or even years to work its way through the system, rumors and gossip flew quickly. The news of a Legion of Gnomish Lawyers toppling the Emperor from his throne over an overdue bill spread to the entire city in only half a bell. It was such an out...
2023-06-11 17:23:34 +0000 UTC View PostGreat Court was a sight to behold. Upon a huge stage, the Emperor held court, sitting on a throne that had followed him from city to city. On either side were four smaller thrones for the four Dukes and Duchesses. Seating for a thousand nobles filled the room, and a thousand more people lined the...
2023-06-10 04:44:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe Emperor's Birthday was an event that would drive Guard Captains, Castellans, and Chefs to the brink of insanity. The pressure to entertain not only the ruling noble of the empire and his family but also a hundred other Barons, Counts, Dukes, Generals, and Heroes was a daunting task. This year...
2023-06-08 14:21:27 +0000 UTC View PostMilo felt a sense of relief as he entered the hidden tunnels. As much as he loved being in the Hollow, he missed exploring the dark corners and tunnels of the world. Solitude didn't bother him at all, and for all he was learning to be around people, he still needed his time alone. His friends in ...
2023-06-07 23:23:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt had been a tiring night for Gendifur. Cleaning the girls up had been a chore after they played tag with Tallsqueak. It took forever to comb out their burned fur and get all the soot and dirt cleaned off of them. Rosie and Buttercup were still excited about the game. No one had ever thrown expl...
2023-06-05 16:07:21 +0000 UTC View PostClaudia strode into her private chambers, leaving her guards outside, shut the door, and collapsed into an overstuffed chair her husband had made. It was made from the leather of a mountain Naga the two of them had killed twenty years ago when they were both knights. The tough Naga hide was nearl...
2023-06-03 03:50:28 +0000 UTC View Post